February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
The ubiquity of Franklin, the small green turtle, is a fact of Canadian life for those who have young children. Franklin appeared first in an appealing picture book series, then moved onto television, and now ... Read More »
The ubiquity of Franklin, the small green turtle, is a fact of Canadian life for those who have young children. Franklin appeared first in an appealing picture book series, then moved onto television, and now ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
The ubiquity of Franklin, the small green turtle, is a fact of Canadian life for those who have young children. Franklin appeared first in an appealing picture book series, then moved onto television, and now ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
When morning comes, I lie down beside my mother until she wakes up. She likes that.” So begins this gentle story of a day shared by a young girl and her mother. They wake up, ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books
It’s hard not to be appalled and disgusted at the bad guys – actually a gal and a guy – in Reynolds’ tale of sex, drugs, and murder in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Tom Flanagan, a professor of history at the University of Calgary, says First Nations? Second Thoughts “is bound to provoke some hostile reactions.” Declaring one’s martyrdom early – in this case, in the book’s acknowledgements ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Native Peoples
With contemporary culture in the hands of a dwindling number of media oligopolies, who’s to speak on the quixotic, overlooked, and largely misunderstood battle to create alternative voices? That would be underground culture maven Hal ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment
Critical Care is a fascinating look at what nurses do today. In it André Picard interviews 45 nurses working in different specialties all across Canada, allowing them to report from the front lines of the ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment
Tolstoy’s chestnut about families – that all happy ones resemble each other, while each unhappy one is unique – is arguably even more accurate when applied to the bloody fights that can afflict family businesses. ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
With their jaunty rhymes, nonsensical humour, and fascination with food, animals, and weather, nursery rhymes have a timeless appeal rediscovered by each new generation of parents and children. This delightful collection was first published in ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books